On Tuesday, February 26th we'll be updating the Sparkle website to a new and more wonderful system. We're considering it a big old "spring cleaning!" In celebration, we wanted to share a free story. Get inspired for a little spring cleaning yourself with our favorite Junkyard Tales friends....

All week we have seen images and heard stories about the "Camp Fire" wildfires in California. An area four times the size of San Francisco has now burned. As of this post, 48 people have died and 7600 buildings have been destroyed, making it the deadliest and most destructive wildfire on record....

One of the unique challenges of Halloween is knowing how to help our more sensitive children manage all the frightening images and experiences they inevitably encounter: skeletons, gravestones, monsters, huge spiders, and other ghastly visions. We have found that stories are the most effective and enduring way to help children process — and then release — these images so they can enjoy all the magic and fun the season has to offer. Here are two stories that we think might help....